Parameter adjustment method and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12531809-B2
Application number	US-202418671691-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 22, 2024
Priority date	Nov 25, 2021
Publication date	Jan 20, 2026
Grant date	Jan 20, 2026

Abstract

A parameter adjustment method and apparatuses are provided. The method includes: a first exploration device corresponding to a first service node receives a first parameter set from a management device, where the first parameter set includes one or more parameters used by the first exploration device to perform parameter adjustment, the first service node is any one of a plurality of service nodes included in a data center network, and the plurality of service nodes one-to-one correspond to a plurality of exploration devices. The first exploration device obtains a network status of the first service node based on each parameter adjustment until the network status reaches a preset condition, where each parameter adjustment includes: adjusting one parameter in the first parameter set. The parameter is flexibly adjusted based on the network status, to be applicable to different services.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A parameter adjustment method, comprising:
receiving, by a first exploration device corresponding to a first service node, a first parameter set from a management device, wherein the first parameter set comprises one or more parameters used by the first exploration device to perform parameter adjustment, the first service node is any one of a plurality of service nodes comprised in a data center network, and the plurality of service nodes one-to-one correspond to a plurality of exploration devices; and obtaining, by the first exploration device, a network status of the first service node based on each parameter adjustment until the network status reaches a preset condition, wherein each parameter adjustment comprises: adjusting one parameter in the first parameter set; wherein the obtaining the network status of the first service node based on each parameter adjustment until the network status reaches the preset condition comprises: repeatedly performing, by the first exploration device until the network status of the first service node reaches the preset condition, the following operations:
determining an adjustment policy based on the network status that is of the first service node and that is obtained based on a previous parameter adjustment, and a predefined reward function; and
performing a next parameter adjustment based on the determined adjustment policy, and obtaining the network status of the first service node.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the first exploration device, an adjustment range and/or adjustment step of adjusting each parameter in the first parameter set from the management device; and wherein each parameter adjustment further comprises: adjusting one parameter in the first parameter set based on a corresponding adjustment range and/or adjustment step.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the network status comprises a bandwidth, and the preset condition comprises:
the bandwidth reaches a first preset threshold; and/or the network status comprises a quantity of congestion notification packets received by the first service node, and the preset condition comprises: the quantity of congestion notification packets received by the first service node is less than a second preset threshold.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustment policy further comprises: an adjustment direction for a same parameter, or an adjustment for another parameter.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, by the first exploration device, a second parameter set, which is obtained by adjusting at least one parameter in the first parameter set, and one or more parameters in the second parameter set enable the network status to meet the preset condition.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, by the first exploration device, a modification coefficient based on the second parameter set, wherein the modification coefficient is used to modify the reward function, and a modified reward function is used to determine the adjustment policy-based on the one or more parameters in the second parameter set being adjusted.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first exploration device is deployed on the first service node, or the first exploration device is deployed on a switch connected to the first service node.

8 . A parameter adjustment method, comprising: determining, by a management device, a first parameter set, which comprises one or more parameters used by a first exploration device to perform parameter adjustment, wherein the first exploration device corresponds to a first service node which is any one of a plurality of service nodes comprised in a data center network, and the plurality of service nodes one-to-one correspond to a plurality of exploration devices; and
sending, by the management device, the first parameter set to the first exploration device; wherein the method further comprising:
receiving, by the management device, a modification coefficient, determined by the first exploration device based on a second parameter set, wherein the second parameter set is obtained by the first exploration device by adjusting at least one parameter in the first parameter set, and one or more parameters in the second parameter set enable a network status to meet a preset condition; and
modifying, by the management device, a predefined reward function based on one or more modification coefficients, wherein a modified predefined reward function is used to determine an adjustment policy based on the one or more parameters in the second parameter set being adjusted.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:
sending, by the management device, an adjustment range and/or adjustment step of adjusting each parameter in the first parameter set to the first exploration device.

10 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the adjustment policy further comprises:
an adjustment direction for a same parameter, or an adjustment for another parameter.

11 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the network status comprises a bandwidth, and the preset condition comprises:
the bandwidth reaches a first preset threshold; and/or the network status comprises a quantity of congestion notification packets received by the first exploration device, and the preset condition comprises: the quantity of congestion notification packets received by the first exploration device is less than a second preset threshold.

12 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the management device is deployed on a management node in the data center network, or the management device is deployed on a switch connected to a management node.

13 . A parameter adjustment apparatus, comprising:
a processor; a memory coupled to the processor and storing program instructions, which, upon being executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to: receive a first parameter set from a management device, wherein the first parameter set comprises one or more parameters used by the apparatus to perform parameter adjustment; and obtain a network status of a first service node based on each parameter adjustment until the network status reaches a preset condition, wherein each parameter adjustment comprises: adjusting one parameter in the first parameter set, wherein the first service node is any one of a plurality of service nodes comprised in a data center network, the plurality of service nodes one-to-one correspond to a plurality of exploration devices, and the apparatus corresponds to a first exploration device that is in the plurality of exploration devices and that corresponds to the first service node; wherein the program instructions upon being executed by the processor further cause the apparatus to: repeatedly perform, until the network status of the first service node reaches the preset condition, the following operations: determining an adjustment policy based on the network status that is of the first service node and that is obtained based on a previous parameter adjustment, and a predefined reward function; and performing a next parameter adjustment based on the determined adjustment policy, and obtaining the network status of the first service node.

14 . The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the program instructions upon being executed by the processor further cause the apparatus to:
receive an adjustment range and/or adjustment step of adjusting each parameter in the first parameter set from the management device; and adjust one paramet

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jia Xitong
• Meng Ke
• Zhou Hong
• Han Lei
• He Xianjun

Classifications

• H04L47/20

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• H04L47/265

  sent by intermediate network nodes · CPC title

• H04L41/0816

  the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events · CPC title

• H04L43/16

  Threshold monitoring · CPC title

• H04L43/0894

  Packet rate · CPC title